Hey, guys! I’ll respond to @flipcollar now and everyone else a bit later.
So like, if you’re weighing 220 lbs, and you’re carrying enough fat that you would need to diet down to 180 or so to have abs, then it’s not for you. It’s for people who are ultimately just trying to put on 5-10 lbs of muscle and losing that amount of weight in fat.
The reason I’m responding to only you for now is because I was inspired to do a recomp based on one of your old posts haha. The post was in this thread: Former Skinny Dude, Am I Making a Mistake Cutting?
This is the specific post I’m talking about:
I was thinking about your situation this morning, and another option you have available to you is just eating maintenance level calories and working hard in the gym, to try to recomp at the weight you’re already at. That’s something I’ve done in the past, it can definitely work at your bodyfat level. So basically, you’d just eat enough so that you don’t gain or lose weight (a little fluctuation is fine, but preferably not by more than 5ish lbs up or down), you’d hit the gym regularly, and over time, your body would just recomp to something ‘better’. You’d get leaner while gaining muscle, and you’d never have to worry about being smaller, you’d stay the same size the whole time. And you’d progressively just become a better version of that size.
I’m confused since that thread didn’t give me an indication that the poster there was close to where he wanted to be. Then again, perhaps I just misread it.